President Ghani Fires Kandahar Governor, Zalmay Wisa

President Ashraf Ghani has reportedly fired Zalmay Wisa, the governor of Kandahar province and NDS chief of the province after a large meeting of many Afghan politicians who are the critics of the National Unity Government (NUG), was not prevented in the southern Kandahar Province.

However, Shahussain Murtzawi, the acting spokesperson of the president moments later has refused Wisa’s removal, posting a brief sentence on his official Facebook page.

Kandahar meeting organizers on Friday warned President Ashraf Ghani that they will remove him from power based on the law after the plane of Atta Mohmmad Noor, the governor of Balkh province, was barred to take off from Mazar-e-Sharif City to Kandahar airport.

It’s reported that Atta Mohammad Noor and Batur Dostum, the son of General Dostum; two key opponents of NUG are yet to arrive in the meeting.